#so i really need to sort out those before anythng else

[captainshyguy]

[pacing] i need the book of bill i NEED IT

[morozovastarkovs]

since this whole anti debacle got me all riled up and really angry i just need to vent and rant and let out my thoughts on the whole jtv mess.

full disclaimer, if you’re expecting anything remotely positive about michael in this, you’re in the wrong fucking place. i hate the man and would spit on his grave if i could. you’ve been warned, if any michael/cordu/eva stans still read this & come into my inbox looking to start a fight or anything, lmao don’t bother bc i won’t respond anyway. i don’t want to start drama or anythng, i just wanna share my viewpoint(s) on the whole thing and use my blog and this post as an outlet for it. if u do want to politely & maturely discuss my views, that’s fine. i’m open to it. nothing else tho.

anyway what bothers me most is that people are constantly like “michael had to die in order for jafael to happen” and “rafael will always be jane’s second choice” or wHATFUCKINGEVER. and i don’t want to see that shit in the jafael tag. not when i go on tumblr dot com, not on twitter, not anywhere. i’m SICK of it, cause it’s everywhere, cordu/eva stans pls come collect ur garbage we dont want it.

anyway i hope those people know that michael was supposed to die back in season 1 and thus jafael was always supposed to be endgame. jane/michael is a thing that they kinda came up with spontaneously and it’s because they got renewed for another season, and another one, and if they had jane and rafael end up together already there wouldn’t have been anything left to tell a story about, since the love triangle was clearly the focal point of the plot in seasons 1 + 2. they had to drag it out at this point like??

i haven’t seen seasons 2b and 3a and never will because unlike some other poeple i am actually able to stop watching a show if something happens that i don’t like and don’t want to see w/o complaining about it nonstop. anyway from what i’ve heard, rafael starts acting kinda shady in those episodes and i have no idea what exactly was going on with his character arc then but as far as i can tell, and yea i might be totally biased, but to me this just seemed like a blatant attempt to get people on board with michael and jane because they literally spent a whole season making the viewers root for jane and rafael and they had to fix that. what better way to do that than by making rafael unlikable /unsuitable in some way? idk man, but it’s cheap and i’m glad i didn’t sit through that character slander.

at this point i would also like to add that if you weren’t “Team Rafael” or whatever in s1 what the hell were you even fucking doing. michael was suuuuuper shitty in s1, he was such a fuckboy and that’s literally why i started hating him so much. he lowkey stalked jane and was immediately immensely jealous of rafael and instantly hated him which??? what the fuck is wrong with you my guy. not only is this so childish and stupid bc rafael didn’t even do anything, but it’s also so disrespectful to jane bc he clearly thinks she’s capable of cheating on him w rafael which ... wow ... you seem to have so much trust and faith in your fiancee! great! gold star for you darlin’. and he just did not support jane in her decision to have the baby after all, he even went behind her back and covered stuff up so she would still give the baby to the solanos. and do NOT get me started on the whole shitty thing where jane flat out told him that she was devoted to rafael and that he was the one she saw herself with, and could he stop pining after her & move on? and he literally had the fuckin GALL to basically tell her she was delusional and that they’d be together? like, even if he was sort of right, this is SO not romantic. if a guy ever tells me he knows me and what i want better than myself he can FUCK OFF. god this scene makes me so angry u don’t even wanna know lmao.

ANYWAY though i had my moments of doubt here and there, i was still p sure that jafael would be endgame, no matter how they would accomplish it. the way that they had michael die in the end was shitty and sloppy writing, i’ll give u that, and literally something no one liked. most jafael shippers didn’t like the whole michael/jane thing to begin with and obv cordu/eva/michael stans didn’t either. tbh i was more expecting that they would write him off in a way that he either left/had to leave for something or that he does somethin unforgivable and jane, like, divorces him or something but i didn’t think they’d kill him after all. oh well. i’m not complaining but i will concede that it was stupid writing.

so... lastly.... “rafael will always be second choice” first of all, even if michael hadn’t died they still would have found their way back to each other. killing him off was simply the easiest way out of the cordu/eva situation and so they went with that. second of all, YIKES! i hate this mentality that you will only ever have the one “love of your life” or whatever you wanna call it and thats it. nothing will ever compare to that and if u lose them you’ll be miserable forever? no thanks. i believe that you can love more than one person in your life, deeply and genuinely love them and have that love be just as fulfilling and great as the other(s). everything else is quite frankly bullshit. it will always be different, yes, but never not as beautiful as anything that came before it and like ... u like to say u care about jane so much but if thats true do you really want her to be unhappy and alone the rest of her life??? no? ..so what you’re saying is you just don’t want her w rafael just because... ok. u do u sweaty :)

anyway i can’t wait for jafael to continue to rise and be endgame, good night.

[comicteaparty]

November 30th, 2017 CTP Archive

The archive for the Comic Tea Party chat that occurred on November 30th, 2017, from 5PM - 7PM PST.  The chat focused on Heirs of the Veil by Seaquential Arts.

Featured Comment:

Chat:

RebelVampire

Good day everyone~! This week’s Comic Tea Party is now officially beginning. Today we are discussing Heirs of the Veil by Seaquential Arts~! (https://tapas.io/series/Heirs-of-the-Veil) For those new to CTP, discussions about the comic are freeform, so please feel free to bring up whatever you wish. However, every 30 minutes I will be dropping in a discussion question to help those who would like a prompt. These questions are totally OPTIONAL to answer so pay them no mind if you wish~! Remember, constructive criticism is allowed, but the primary focus here is to have fun and appreciate the amazing comics that the community makes~! Each chat a top comment will be picked and featured on an ad for this chat, so let’s have a great discussion~!

With that said, let us begin with this first question~!

QUESTION 1. What is your favorite scene in the comic so far and why?

Superjustin of Time and Space

Hi CTP

RebelVampire

hey super~!

Tenor

Hey Super~

Superjustin of Time and Space

Rebel!!

Tenor!!

Phin

Hello! Just gonna listen in here (hi I'm one of the ppl working on this haha).

Superjustin of Time and Space

lol

Tenor

HI NICE TO MEETCHA.

Superjustin of Time and Space

Hi Phin!

snuffysam

welcome!

Feather, Duke of Hot Leaf Juice

The opening was my favourite scene

I loved how it was explaining the lore and the whooshiness of it

Brillenpinguin

Hi Im the othe rperson working on it we stayed up all day to catch ya guys

Feather, Duke of Hot Leaf Juice

Also I will be in and out of here sorry since I'm busy qwq

Superjustin of Time and Space

lmao

Tenor

Question 1: The entire scene dealing with the Sylph was fabulous. I loved the panels showing how the veil worked with the humans not seeing what the crap swept by. :D And just the effects and chaos.

GAIZ NO LOL

Well it's lovely work, y'all should be proud :D

snuffysam

I liked the most recent couple chapters, because Ernst was in them

Brillenpinguin

TY tenor ^^

Phin

(hhh thank yooou)

Superjustin of Time and Space

YEa, be very proud~

RebelVampire

@phin @Brillenpinguin thank you both for coming~!

@tenor i also enjoyed the chase where the humans couldnt see. i thought visually it really expressed that the humans couldnt see without even needing to say anything

@snuffysam what about ernst do you like? just asking out of curiosity since ernst hasnt had that much screentime

snuffysam

he's just so cute and caring

RebelVampire

i do think that ernst has some really great facial expressions. i especially like the one he has in the very first panel where he appears.

snuffysam

that too. his design is really good in general

Tenor

Fretful baby <3

Brillenpinguin

awh this makes me happy u//u

RebelVampire

for me i think my favorite scene is the opening when victoria arrives in the town. those buildings shots are to die for. in general i really like the detail and care taken with the backgrounds

Tenor

The backgrounds are amazging, also fun. Like spirit-blade baby sneaking through the walls in Ernst's apartment. :D

Superjustin of Time and Space

yeah they're cool~

Brillenpinguin

spirit-blade baby......im dying

Tenor

I'M SORRY HER NAME ESCAPES ME

xD

I'm juggling a lot on this end OTL

Phin

Noo it's all good. It's a cute description haha

Brillenpinguin

XD

her name is Eleven tho

Tenor

Ty~!

RebelVampire

i think we all at least understood who spirit-blade baby was tho at least XD

esktasy

eleven is a cutie

RebelVampire

i do enjoy that detail of her passing into the wall

welcome esktasy!

Brillenpinguin

Hi!

esktasy

hello!

snuffysam

a lot of characters in this comic are cuties i think

esktasy

yes, the character design is great

Tenor

Yess~

esktasy

as one of the guest artists during the chapter break, vicki was my fave to draw

RebelVampire

i think all around the art is top notch in this comic. super polished, nice shading and highlighting.

Phin

I'm thinking of a cool thing to say, except for you're all lovely, thanks

fhrfughh

RebelVampire

np~!

another scene that i enjoyed was the spell cast on icarus cause at that point of reading the comic i wasnt quite expecting it. so it kind of felt more magical

Phin

(it was a scene I really enjoyed working on when it came up)

Superjustin of Time and Space

Hi esktasy~

RebelVampire

and as a cat lover it also assayed my worries cause the moment before that i was like "why is that cat just walking there itll run away omg the poor kitty itll be lost in the city forever. D:"

Brillenpinguin

trust me, sometimes icarus is the more rational party between him and vicky - and that should be telling consdiering hes a cat

RebelVampire

thats good to know although i kind of got that impression. icarus very calm and mature seeming. minus when he decided it was a good idea to disturb spirits. XD

snuffysam

at the end of the day, he is still a cat

RebelVampire

thats why hes still amazing

QUESTION 2. Victoria has come to Port Arbores due to a letter she received from her mother. Now, she is intent on meeting Amaranth Sinclaire, the most powerful person in the town. Why is Victoria so determined to meet this person? Who exactly are they and what do they have to do with Victoria’s mother? Will meeting this person help Victoria find her mother or is something else going on?

snuffysam

It could just be as simple as "go to Port Arbores and find Amaranth Sinclaire" being in the letter

RebelVampire

in what sense do you mean?

snuffysam

she came to Port Arobores due to the letter. my thinking is that she came because of the specific instructions in said letter.

though i don't think vicky is the type to just follow instructions blindly...

RebelVampire

ah yeah the letter does definitely mention sinclaire.

i know some of the blurry text in that letter mentioned someone named owen being killed and that there is some cursed blade and something about vicky's duty because shes the firstborn

snuffysam

the question is, what is that duty?

esktasy

i think it could also be about vicky just getting to know the magical world better, since she seems to be missing some basics

RebelVampire

yeah to be fair there is a question of how much vicky knows/how skilled she is. i mean she didnt know a ghost from a spirit and didnt think to assume it was a spirit when she couldnt banish the sylph

esktasy

ooooh right

RebelVampire

ok i did some more squinty squint reading. i think the top part says that her mom went to retrieve an artifact that was entrusted to the family centuries ago.

Tenor

2: Well, determination being the drastic nature of the letter itself. "Who" Other than the most powerful being but considered mom seems to be missing due to following up on an ancient artifact of (their?) family's that was stolen. If anythng I'm more curious how important Vicky's mother is to not only know Sinclaire - but know them enough to send her kid with a 'letter' and expect any sort of resolvement other than a laugh and hand wave to dismiss. Not sure how it'll help but I am curious where it could go. :D

RebelVampire

watch as vicky is shows up, sinclaire is like "who are you? well heres a welcome to town gift basket."

Phin

Rebel you're a real good squinty reader XD

omg

esktasy

i am very interested about vicky's mother. vicky seems to have spent her childhood with her (she talks a bit about it), but... wondering why vicky has to that thing on her own (with icky of course)

RebelVampire

thank you i think XD i have much determination.

well it could be that the mom went to go deal with artifact stuff, never told vicky anything, messed up, and is like surprise vicky family duty whoops

i am curious how long vicky was with her mom though

and i do wonder why vicky didnt want to talk about her mom that much later with cort and eleven cause she fizzled out telling that story

snuffysam

i do wonder how good their relationship is. vicky's line "what were you thinking, mom", and the fact that despite being the firstborn, she isn't exactly prepared for what she needs to do.

Tenor

She might have left without explaining why other than "business", as she seems to have gotten the letter for not having checked in. A good chance she set it up that way so should nothing happen, her daughter wouldn't have to be at home fretting constantly.

snuffysam

that's true...

RebelVampire

yes that could be. maybe it was sinclaire who sent the letter. was like whoops one witch down i guess well move onto the next.

snuffysam

i think vicky would recognize her mom's handwriting though?

RebelVampire

sent as in just mailed it. the mom def wrote the letter

snuffysam

ah ok

RebelVampire

like the mom was supposed to check in with sinclaire, said here sinclaire if i dont come back. and sinclaire was like

Tenor

Yeah usually when you set letters up like this, unless magic, it's a third party who holds onto it until x date of no contact as per the agreement.

MathTans the Pun Prince

I exist now. o.o

Tenor

:gasp:

...

Phin

Hello Math C:

snuffysam

but if sinclair's supposed to be the one vicky talks to, why doesn't he just go to her?

MathTans the Pun Prince

I also liked the bit with the running past the civilians (bus stop or whatnot?). I didn't necessarily pick up that they couldn't see what was going on, thought it was more a matter of "that old chestnut, why's the girl so freaked out", but the expressions were fun, particularly that last one was like "waitasec".

RebelVampire

welcome math~!

snuffysam

hey math

Tenor

Most powerful person in the city probably has extremely important social roles.

RebelVampire

sinclaire is a powerful potential vampire who has many town vampire things to do(edited)

esktasy

oh, good point on the dead hand's switch (punnnnn)

Tenor

Besides, there's no proof he knew what was in that letter, if it was him.

snuffysam

true true

Tenor

Other than "Deliver to x upon y conditions"

MathTans the Pun Prince

As to why she's come to the city, obviously the mother slipped into a coma but left this cryptic letter saying 'if I ever fall into a coma you need to go and contact these people'. Possibly because Sinclaire is the one who can wake her with a kiss. nods sagely

Tenor

And, well, that's what hired people are for LOL

Or a quick mailbox drop lol

LOL Math omg

Whole story turns into Vicky not liking her maybe new-undead stepdad /shot.

Phin

Math omg

oeihuihithitioht

Brillenpinguin

SHHHH MATH you spoil the plot twiiiist

XD

MathTans the Pun Prince

Possibly mom watched too much "Buffy" as a child.

RebelVampire

it must have been the show vicky and her watched together

all the time

everyday

esktasy

vicky isn't allowed to judge, she already had vampire relations

:J

MathTans the Pun Prince

Yeah, that was an interesting twist. There's layers to this world. I wonder if people who are less savvy hang out with vampires without realizing.

Tenor

Yeah but it's different when it's MOM dating someone new~ eeew /shot

I'm just gunna casually ship Mom + Sinclaire now. No other evidence but this theory.

RebelVampire

i do wonder how much the magical world and humans intermingle. like obviously things like sylphs cant be seen. but are ppl like vicky just talking to humans and going "hello human i am also a normal human and not a witch"

Phin

huruighurihtt

Brillenpinguin

rezfoabv

Im crying

Tenor

:3

Rebel: FFFF-

How to social just got even more complicated.

MathTans the Pun Prince

Gotta get a bus ticket somehow.

Tenor

"Crap am I talking to a Vampire? I can't remember the proper ettiquette- crap how old are they do I bow?? Shake their hand?? Fist bump???"

RebelVampire

omg yes

vicky fist bumping sinclaire

i support this

MathTans the Pun Prince

"Why are you biting me on the neck?" "I thought you were someone else. Nevermind."

Tenor

-CHOKE-

klsajdhLSAKDH

snuffysam

vampire goes in for the high-five when you go in for the fist bump

Phin

I am laughing my butt off help

Superjustin of Time and Space

oh this is still going?

snuffysam

it hasn't even been one hour justin

Tenor

Omg, imagine a Vampire from the bow-era, who has learned ALL the greetings over time from multiple nations

Superjustin of Time and Space

lol

Tenor

and just that slow attempt at each social greeting until they find the right one

MathTans the Pun Prince

I wonder how long lived people are in general.

Like, can magic prolong life? It looks like someone's essence can at least be captured in an object.

Tenor

No idea but I'm assuming the Vampires of this world are undead ageless anti-glitter blood suckers

Phin

(we have a vampire character appear later who refuses to upgrade from an SNES)

Tenor

(My hero)

esktasy

oh no

RebelVampire

QUESTION 3. The world of the comic is heavily invested into magic, from familiars to sylphs to rune magic. Are there any particular aspects of it that caught your eye, whether visually or written wise? What about it caught your eye? Alternatively, what aspects would you like to learn more about in regards to how the world’s magic works? Lastly, are there any theories you have related to the magic (i.e. how the glamour spell hides the supernatural aspects of the whole town, why Icarus disturbed a sylph, etc.)?

Superjustin of Time and Space

ooh snaop

RebelVampire

guess its a good time for that question

Superjustin of Time and Space

never upgrade, keep your old consoles

MathTans the Pun Prince

"As far as I'm concerned, civilization peaked with the invention of sliced bread."

Tenor

Betty White is older than sliced bread. Things have been going uphill since her birth /shot

esktasy

now i wonder if you can cheat at games with magic

snuffysam

we haven't seen magic used for much yet. so just seeing other utilities in general would be nice

esktasy

"i am a technowitch and the best at mariokart"

RebelVampire

all i can picture is old man vampires. being like "i remember in my time. we didnt have none of these cellular devices. when we wanted to talk we just telegraphed with morse code"

MathTans the Pun Prince

Yeah, there's lots of magic flavours. That makes it interesting. It's nice that someone doesn't know the difference between slyphs and things, since I don't either.

Tenor

3: Visually I do like that the effects do seem to have affects based on what they are doing. With the Wisp acting as the "visual guide" we saw the affect in the eyes in particular which I did enjoy. Then slap on the Sylph's elements just barely being visible because air critter. Then Eleven is floating around (which I'm curious how many can actually see her reviewing some of these panels lol)

Superjustin of Time and Space

lol

snes is pretty good tho

snuffysam

that's a good question. can Ernst see her?

MathTans the Pun Prince

I feel like the results of it can't always be controlled. Hence why there was concern over what Vicky was trying to unleash in helping out, why the cat distrubed the sylph to get Vicky "Where she wanted to go" (ie- to a powerful guy, even though she was just thinking hotel), and how the touching of an object (in the start) can have binding effects.

Phin

(it's not much of a spoiler, Ernst can see her)

MathTans the Pun Prince

What about Icarus? ^.^

Interesting name, by the way. I was thinking of the flying too close to the sun thing.

Tenor

(That shower meme but with a wall instead of a shower curtain with Eleven and Ernst /shot)

RebelVampire

oh thats good. so ernst isnt going to one day be like "cort why is there this floating person in the house? also did you eat today?"

thats a good theory math about icarus

Phin

(Tenor, this is actually a frequently made joke amoung us XD)

Tenor

(EEEEY 8D)

Phin

Also Icarus can see her too, but doesn't care that much.

Brillenpinguin

bc cat

RebelVampire

well yeah. its just a floating person. its not like its floating catnip or something cool

Tenor

Reviewing the panels though I'm curious if the mistake of "bothering the sylph" was less because of the magic and more Icarus accidentally knocked the nest out of the tree.

Have you messed with a bird's nest? Those bastards get murderous.

>.>

esktasy

well, cat

MathTans the Pun Prince

Or a cactus.

Tenor

That cactus will make a comeback, you'll see.

MathTans the Pun Prince

(I almost typed cat cuss.)

Tenor

LOL

Phin

iodhguihu

Superjustin of Time and Space

LUL

Brillenpinguin

vmfgn

Phin

Revenge of the Cactus

esktasy

all the dead cacti from the guest pages...(edited)

Phin

(people really liked Icarus knocking down stuff)

Brillenpinguin

i rememebr the days when the cacti all had names....

Tenor

(Well it is a cat LOL)

MathTans the Pun Prince

Tenor - My theory is that Icarus knocked the sylph because the spell made him do something that would get the attention of the person Vicky needed to meet, or send her to him, as it did.

Tenor

Oooh. I just imagined it kinda like taking the path of least resistance, which so happens to be up the wall, crossing this tree- fK NEST GRAVITY FK

RebelVampire

it could be vicky just isnt that skilled for the spell. cause she did exclaim "It actually worked!"

MathTans the Pun Prince

I assume nothing is coincidence!

Tenor

True~

RebelVampire

which means she didnt expect it to work

MathTans the Pun Prince

It didn't get her to a hotel

Tenor

Coulda been a 'strongest in x radius'

RebelVampire

maybe the sylph was an innkeeper for the spirit motel but was on its lunch break and then icarus was a jerk who disturbed them

Phin

sgweuigzeug

Tenor

"I get 1 smoke break every 15 years"

"and you come in MY HOME-"

MathTans the Pun Prince

"I'll just get this sylph outta the nest and then you can sleep here."

Tenor

LOL

Phin

perfect

esktasy

cat thoughts: hotel => food => bird's nest => sylph oh no oh no

Brillenpinguin

okay thats canon now (jk jk im crying this is a great idea)

Tenor

(There are places named the Bird Hotel; and people make bird houses called hotels for birds)

(Sound logic)

(:D)

("Look Vicky, a home and food already here~")

MathTans the Pun Prince

Spirit motel became canon?

Phin

it is canon in my heart

Brillenpinguin

^^^

MathTans the Pun Prince

Hee. So, back to the idea of learning more about magic, I'm curious about how the two different classes differ. And how much power is needed to do stuff, like cloak a cat from cloak a city, because it seems like that'd be an effect that would contantly need to renew itself, versus a one-and-done kind of thing.

Is it timed, and they recast before it runs out? Is there some pool of energy?

Tenor

I'd set bets on charged artifacts. Easier to maintain without needing a consistent living energy source.

RebelVampire

part of me wonders if sinclaire is so powerful because theyre the one who is keeping the glamour up for the town

Tenor

Especially depending how powerful that cloak is, and how large. A small rural city of 100k population isn't going to need as big a radius as, say, NYC or San Fran. >_>

MathTans the Pun Prince

Or maybe because he's the only one not contributing to the glamour.

RebelVampire

sinclaire too good for glamours. wants to revel in first gen vampireness

MathTans the Pun Prince

"Darn magicians. Get off my lawn."

esktasy

i wonder how the vampire thing works in this canon

Tenor

No fairies with a blood fetish version plz

/shot

esktasy

like... how much blood does sinclaire need? can they go out in the light? any fun allergies?

Phin

Fairies w blood fetish XD

esktasy

omg

Phin

there will be actual fairies haha...

Brillenpinguin

yeah we have have fairies too

MathTans the Pun Prince

"Garlic pizza? Dude, seriously?"

esktasy

fairies!!! small and sparkly or bizarre true fae?(edited)

Tenor

Omg that reminds me of a fun historical fact that old mirrors didn't show vampire reflections because they were made of silver - which was a pure metal, thus wouldn't work for an 'undead'. But modern mirrors are aluminum, which means reflections should work for Vampires and just- hhhhhHHHH the fun chaos of that.

Sinclaire clinging to a new aluminum-mirror: DO YOU KNOW HOW LONG I WAITED FOR THIS?!

Brillenpinguin

uuuuhhh kinda a mix of both?

esktasy

good. i live for fae bullshit.

Tenor

Ooou Yay :D

Brillenpinguin

but defs more fae than tinkerbell

MathTans the Pun Prince

"That's a two way mirror. They're filming."

Tenor

FFF-

Brillenpinguin

mental iamg eof sinclaire going

Tenor

Also YAY real Fae I'm a fan. :D Curious if any pop up.

Brillenpinguin

"TECHONOLGY."

Tenor

LOL

Yes plz :D

MathTans the Pun Prince

Beware the fae sylphs.

Phin

(Esk, I actually sold a design to Annie. I can show it to you later if you want)

Baby that is Amaranth tho

Brillenpinguin

......

Phin

"TECHNOLOGY"

Brillenpinguin

shhhhh

esktasy

oh, that fae!

Phin

yeah!

esktasy

they were really pretty

i really need to do the thing with the cyclops i got

Phin

(<3)

MathTans the Pun Prince

So, do we want to talk about Eleven magic? Is that a thing?

RebelVampire

im curious by the rune magic cort was using cause that seemed standout from all the other magic presented that far, at least in origin

esktasy

headcanon: fae are the only ones who read the "read before" things of software

oh yes, there seem to be a lot of differences in magic

MathTans the Pun Prince

Oh, right, runes too. I feel like that's the ancient magic.

I could be totally wrong.

esktasy

like... vicky telling cort that he needs practice? isn't cort the magic cop? what's up with that?

MathTans the Pun Prince

Cacti Cort, Magic Cop.

Phin

(the urge to spoil OTL :x)

feihoghuirghihgutiu

RebelVampire

maybe vicky's mom knows rune magic so she recognized that he was using wunjo wrong?

Brillenpinguin

relatable

MathTans the Pun Prince

Oh, that's a thought. Or Vicky's mom was doing some sort of new age offshoot?

Tenor

TeamCactiRepresent /shot

RebelVampire

or maybe vicky was just trying to seem super cool and was like "haha yeah gotta work on my magic like me im so skilled and not a new witch at all O_O;;;;"

Phin

euighurhthoijio

Brillenpinguin

awwhhhjganerugiaeui

MathTans the Pun Prince

"I was a witch in my past life." "Were you." "A vampire witch." "That's... not a thing." "That you know of."

RebelVampire

ah man debunked my own theory. vicky said "ive never seen a human with this kind of rune magic."

but then that begs the question how do you know wunjo didnt work vicky O_O

esktasy

maybe vampire ex???

or... other ex?

RebelVampire

i wonder if well ever meet vampire ex

Brillenpinguin

totally a spoiler ehre vicky is ramona flowers but a witch it canon you guys

MathTans the Pun Prince

I read "ex" wrong. >.<

Brillenpinguin

as what?

Phin

Who...has to fight the 7 evil exes then??

MathTans the Pun Prince

There is no "s" in ex.

RebelVampire

math no XD

and sinclaire obviously has to fight the exes

Brillenpinguin

icarus obvisouyl

LOL

RebelVampire

icarus and sinclaire team up

QUESTION 4. The story opens with a strange tale that is heavily implied to be related to Cortez and Eleven, the ghost blade. Is there a hidden meaning in this tale that relates to the plot at large? Does the tale have something to do with Sinclaire or why Cortez is the Strayer of Port Arbores? What other questions or theories do you have in regards to Cortez?

MathTans the Pun Prince

Icarus levels up. Becomes floofier.

I wonder if Cortez is a descendant of the original.

Tenor

4. Could be they're really the 'most powerful' but the difference is they must retain a neutral stance due to said power?

(hubs home brb)

RebelVampire

assuming cortez isnt the original

MathTans the Pun Prince

Could be. But with the no aging, is he also a vampire?

Wait, no, he's human.

RebelVampire

he could be cursed tho

cursed to walk the endless ages

but then again the story doesnt really tell us when

maybe it happened yesterday

MathTans the Pun Prince

Hopefully he gets free pizza out of the deal.

esktasy

well, eleven isn't a sword but a glaive (?)

MathTans the Pun Prince

Tenor - With great power comes great need to govern those with lesser power.

RebelVampire

glaives also have blades tho.

MathTans the Pun Prince

Glaives are fun. I like the character design for Eleven, by the way. Not some young, busty djinn or the like.

Also, sense of humour.

RebelVampire

yeah eleven has an enjoyable personality. i like that eleven and vicky just gossip together naturally while cort is like what is my life

my running theory about the opening, going off the assumption it is cort and eleven, is that they found blade, eleven touched it and died/got absorbed into the blade (hence why ghost blade), and cort was like "omg this is my fault i will work for all eternity to free you"

or something like that

MathTans the Pun Prince

I like that theory.

Phin

(it's a good theory)

MathTans the Pun Prince

A good question is where did the blade itself come from. Clumsy vampire?

Phin

"Ooops just dropped this really important powerful weapon. Oh nevermind."

Superjustin of Time and Space

lul

esktasy

soul traps lying around in the forest just happens sometimes

RebelVampire

LOL. maybe no one knows O_O its a mystery lost to time

i bet it was icarus

icarus did it

MathTans the Pun Prince

Kitty knocked it out of space-time into our world.

Related, could there be other artifacts out there? Is she called "Eleven" because there are ten other artifacts?

RebelVampire

ah man i never even considered that

MathTans the Pun Prince

And if so, are they all active now, or did they come in sequence through history?

RebelVampire

that letter from vicky's mom talks about a cursed blade. what if its another ghost blade and vicky's mom has become the new victim and thats why she hasnt returned

Tenor

(Delayed but GLaive has many uses depending on French or other European so as a sword could still be accurate /shot but yes it is clearly a glaive :D)

(Also back just REEE at work drama)

RebelVampire

wb~!

Tenor

Ty~

MathTans the Pun Prince

Comes back to my Vicky's mom is in a coma theory. Can still ship it.

"Kiss the polearm."

Tenor

But yeah guilt servitude, I can't imagine Eleven likes that and probably has to try to grab Cort by the face and shake him sometimes lol

RebelVampire

at least cort isnt so servitudal that he doesnt have a life. since hes got ernst and all that jazz.

MathTans the Pun Prince

Now picturing Ernst as a jazz musician.

Phin

fufhurihgru pfft

MathTans the Pun Prince

With a portable keyboard.

RebelVampire

portable so he can show up wherever cort is and bring lunch. then play a nice lunchtime jam

Superjustin of Time and Space

late but welcome back~

Phin

that would be actually adorable

MathTans the Pun Prince

Peanut butter and jam.

RebelVampire

yes i also support ernst showing up making that pun

Phin

Oh my god

MathTans the Pun Prince

Don't spread it with the glaive.

RebelVampire

i think thatd be a bit too difficult XD spreading it with the glaive

MathTans the Pun Prince

"You've runed it."

Phin

just slices through the bread Ooops

Superjustin of Time and Space

gg

MathTans the Pun Prince

Well, hopefully the vampires don't have their own artifacts. Could make things awkward.

esktasy

(this chat was really nice, but i'll go to bed now! have fun you all!)

Superjustin of Time and Space

Night!

Phin

Good Night, Esk C:

RebelVampire

Unfortunately, the scheduled Comic Tea Party is now complete~! Thank you everyone so much for joining this week’s chat~! That being said, if you would like to continue discussing the comic, we encourage you to do so~! We want to give a big thank you to Seaquential Arts, as well, for volunteering Heirs of the Veil for our reading queue. If you liked the comic, please be sure to support Seaquential Arts’s efforts. If you have questions, concerns, or suggestions about CTP, please feel free to PM me, or e-mail me at rebelvampire@startfaire.com.

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